Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country
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Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Author
Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald
Author
Springer, Monika
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Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.2
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Rhagovelia scabra
Bacon, 1956
(
Fig. 30
)
Known distribution in
Costa Rica
.
Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas, and San José (
Bacon 1956
;
Wilson
et al.
1978
;
Polhemus 1997
).
Material examined.
COSTA RICA
:
Alajuela
—San Carlos, Quesada,
San Vicente
, Peje River,
1500 m
a.s.l.,
14.VIII.2005
, (P. Benavides): 1 apterous male. San Ramón, REBAMB,
18.VIII.2003
: 2 apterous males; REBAMB,
1100 m
a.s.l.,
18.X.2003
, (F. Ruíz-Pacheco): 1 macropterous male.
Cartago
—Tapantí, Orosi River,
23.X.2005
, (M. Werner): 3 apterous males, 2 apterous females. Valle del Guarco, Palo Verde del Guarco,
10.IV.2009
, (A. Bourg): 2 apterous males, 3 apterous females. La Unión, Tiribí River,
1780 m
a.s.l.,
20–23.VIII.1998
, (R. Mora): 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 3 apterous females, 1 macropterous female, 3 nymphs. La Unión, Tres Ríos,
7.IX.2003
: 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 2 apterous females. Orosi, tributary of Grande de Orosi River, between Purisil and Tapantí,
20.IX.1998
, (F. Mejía): 1 macropterous male. Orosi, Tapantí, Grande de Orosi River, Oropendula Trail,
1240 m
a.s.l.,
13.XI.1999
, (M. Springer): 10 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 3 apterous females, 3 macropterous females. Orosi, Tapantí Stream: 1 apterous male, 3 apterous females. Oreamuno, Cerro La Carpintera, Istarú, La Chirraca Stream,
1555 m
a.s.l.,
6.IX.1999
, (S. Jenes): 10 apterous males, 9 apterous females.
Heredia
—San Rafael, Los Turales River,
8.II.1997
, (C. Ruiz & P. Cambronero): 3 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 1 apterous female. San Rafael, Cerro Chompipe, Riachuelo,
200 m
a.s.l.,
2.IX.2000
: 2 apterous males. San Rafael, La Bermúdez Stream,
8.II.1997
, (C. Ruiz & P. Cambronero): 2 apterous males, 2 macropterous males, 1 macropterous female, 1 nymph. San Isidro, B. Santa Cecilia, Lajas River,
1700 m
a.s.l.,
6.XII.2003
, (J. Sibaja): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female, 1 nymph. San Isidro, Concepción, Tranqueras River,
26.XI.2000
, (E. Bermúdez): 6 apterous males, 6 apterous females. Tibás River,
1600 m
a.s.l.,
1.XII.2000
: 2 apterous males, 1 apterous female, 1 macropterous male, 5 nymphs. La Amistad Stream,
10o4’ N
/
84o7’ W
, between Porrosati and Sacramento,
1900 m
a.s.l.,
V–VI.1999
, (T. Klug): several apterous males and females.
Puntarenas
—Pérez Zeledón, Herradura, Rivas, Blanco River, 9o
30.008 N
/ 83o
36.783 W
, (D. Zamora): 2 apterous males. Puntarenas, Monteverde,
1400 m
a.s.l., 4.2001, (A. Burgin): 2 apterous males, 1 apterous female, 4 nymphs. Puntarenas, Monteverde, lake in front of La Cascada,
1400 m
a.s.l.,
1.III.1998
, (M. Springer): 1 apterous male.
San José
—Cerro de La Muerte, margins of river,
9.73888o N
/
83.98446o W
, 2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous female. Cerro de La Muerte, spout by Soda Los Traileros,
16.IX.2007
, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 3 apterous females, 1 nymph. María Aguillar River,
7.I.2003
: 1 apterous male;
7.IX.2003
: 1 apterous female. Escazú, San Antonio, Agres River,
1300 m
a.s.l.,
04.VI.1995
, (L. Vik & I. Coronado): 8 apterous males, 1 macropterous male, 8 apterous females, 2 macropterous females. Coronado, Los Juncos, Grande Stream,
1600 m
a.s.l.,
20.IX.2005
, (E. Boza): 1 apterous female. Coronado, Cascajal, Derrumbe Stream, approximately
1600 m
a.s.l.,
22.X.2005
, (M. Losilla): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Montes de Oca, San Rafael, Mansiones, Torres River,
10.XII.2000
, (S. Carvajal): 3 apterous males, 3 apterous female, 1 teneral female, 1 nymph.